[Captain Pentreath]

The Illustrated London News,
vol. 44,
no. 1262,
p. 550.

June 4, 1864

Captain Pentreath, of the barque Jessy, of Bristol, has been
presented by the Local Marine Board with a valuable gold chronometer
watch, bearing a suitable inscription, and chain, which had been
received for him by Earl Russell, from the President of the United
States. The testimonial was in recognition of Captain Pentreath's
services rendered to the captain and crew of the American ship Oberon,
when that vessel was wrecked off Cape Horn, on Feb. 12, 1863. The
captain, three officers, and fourteen of the crew were saved and
taken care
of for fifty days by Captain Pentreath.